SB566 H JUD AMT 3-2 #1

    The Committee on the Judiciary moves to amend the title of the

bill to read as follows:

    Eng. Com. for S. B. 566 –- “A Bill to amend and reenact §25-1-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §62-11A-1a of said code, relating to authorizing the Commissioner of Corrections to contract with nonprofit and charitable entities for the operation of half-way houses and transitional housing for inmates in the commissioner’s custody; requiring that any facilities which participate meet standards and criteria set by the commissioner; allowing for direct placement of inmates in half-way houses and transitional housing by order of the circuit court; requiring the commissioner to include statistics on the number of person placed in the division’s annual report; and providing for certain payment of costs to offset the expenses of the Division of Corrections.”